Hanover, NH – June 10, 2024 – The Department of Epidemiology at Dartmouth College is proud to announce that Dr. Ze Zhang is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious John W. Strohbehn Award. This distinguished honor is awarded to a graduating Ph.D. candidate who exemplifies the highest qualities of scientific […]
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Early Childhood Exposure to Metal Mixtures Associated with Higher Levels of LDL Cholesterol
Epi’s Research Fellow, Gyeyoon Yim, is making waves as she splashes into print in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology! Full article here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38698271/
Zen Masters’ Visit Will Have Something for Everyone
Epi’s Diane Gilbert Diamond quoted in an article on the much-anticipated Zen Master’s visit! Check it out here: Zen Masters’ Visit Will Have Something for Everyone | Dartmouth
PFAS Exposure From High Seafood Diets May Be Underestimated
New findings from our very own Megan Romano & Celia Chen suggests that people who frequently consume seafood may face an increased risk of exposure to PFAS, human-made toxins known as “forever chemicals.” Their study and findings were referenced by many local and national media outlets! Full story here: PFAS […]
Newly launched environmental health educational resources
New training videos and resources have been added to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Environmental Health Program website. The training videos address how people are exposed to environmental contaminants and ways to reduce exposure. An accompanying factsheet and resource guide are also available. These materials were produced by […]
Quantified retrospective biomonitoring of fetal and infant elemental exposure using LA-ICP-MS analysis of deciduous dentin in three contrasting human cohorts
BACKGROUND: Spatial elemental analysis of deciduous tooth dentin combined with odontochronological estimates can provide an early life (in utero to ~2 years of age) history of inorganic element exposure and status. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the importance of data normalization to a certified reference material to enable between-study comparisons, using populations […]
How immune cells shape our body’s true age.
“New research by Dartmouth Cancer Center scientists has taken the first step to change that. The team, led by Ze Zhang, PhD, Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, PhD, and Brock Christensen, PhD, is diving deep into the immune system to learn how different immune cells affect epigenetic clocks, to make them […]
Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell-type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks
“Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell-type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks,” recently published in Aging Cell. The Dartmouth Cancer Center Scientist team led by Ze Zhang, Ph.D., Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, Ph.D., and Brock Christensen, Ph.D., determined how our body’s biological age […]
Dr. Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD Speaks at “The Buddha The Scientist Meeting” about Mindfulness
Dr. Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD teaches Mindful Physiology to undergraduates at Dartmouth. This course aims to help students understand and appreciate their own physiology. In addition to didactic lectures, students practice about 20 minutes of mindfulness during each class, during which they reflect and observe their physiology. They are also encouraged […]
Congratulations, Hannah Laue!
Dr. Hannah Laue is the winner of the ISEE NAC 2023 Annual SNRN Abstract Contest. She is a K99 postdoctoral research associate at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. She received her doctorate in environmental health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the role […]